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i think that the dreamers and the folks out in america whether it is rural america or the inner city to come together and figure out where to go as a country in immigration. can we do it humane ly and do i in a way to help the economy and all work together to improve what we have here in this beautiful country which is about freedom, social justice, humanity and morality, and the moral issue for sus immigration reform. it is needed to be done and it is broken. >> jim? >> we learned that the u.s. senate is not the last office that ted cruz will run for. his performance in the hearings for chuck hagel and his confrontation with hagel and hoping that filibuster would hope. >> that was with demagoguery like none i have seen. >> well, from the texas perspective, we think that ted cruz is doing a fine job and holding the feet to the fire. and pivoting to the immigration issue, what i have learned is that i have a sense that both sides want to resolve it and put it behind them, and hopefully we can resolve it once and for all. >> lorella? >> we learned that there is appetite in washington t
i think that the dreamers and the folks out in america whether it is rural america or the inner city to come together and figure out where to go as a country in immigration. can we do it humane ly and do i in a way to help the economy and all work together to improve what we have here in this beautiful country which is about freedom, social justice, humanity and morality, and the moral issue for sus immigration reform. it is needed to be done and it is broken. >> jim? >> we learned...
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>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the department of justice required the city to redraw the ballots in a nondiscriminatory way and hold another election in which we saw the african-americans, because of the votes of the african-americans in that district in calera regain his seat. and this practice is exactly what voters in alabama saw when the voting rights act was passed in 1965. >> an iconic example of this is kilmichael, mississippi. the consensus, the town has a population of 830 of whom 52.4% are black. currently the mayor and all five board members are white. on may 15th, 2001, with no notice to the community, the board unanimously voted to cancel the general el
>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the...
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the kind of south in the cities that had stayed in relatively stable condition from fdr to that. and we haven't seen anything since. the reagan revolution seems to have ended since reagan left the stage and what we've had in both parties is a failure of finding the right combination. >> the big difference between reagan and obama as far as coalition building is that the democratic party didn't react to reagan's aacceptedsy the way the republican party is reacting to oh bam in. you had a democratic party that was for a time being idealogically major yalgized but they didn't adopt a policy of structure. >> i don't think you can declare in the middle of administration that they have put together the coalition that's going to succeed it. >> and you can't claim that the president's re-election was an aligning event. he won actually with less percentage than he had in 2008. and, you know, republicans to like 30 governors, you know, a meaningful number of senators. >> but there may be a -- >> and control of one of the bodies of the united states congress. my point is -- >> although they
the kind of south in the cities that had stayed in relatively stable condition from fdr to that. and we haven't seen anything since. the reagan revolution seems to have ended since reagan left the stage and what we've had in both parties is a failure of finding the right combination. >> the big difference between reagan and obama as far as coalition building is that the democratic party didn't react to reagan's aacceptedsy the way the republican party is reacting to oh bam in. you had a...
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i want to thank william black of the university of missouri kansas city, steve ellis, taxpayers for common sense and phyllis bennis. how real is the threat of cyber war? that's next. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no paint has gone before, and end up some place beautiful. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. behr ultra. now with advanced stain blocking, only at the home depot, and only $31.98 a gallon. with command strips from 3m. designed to stick and eliminate odors anywhere. like this overflowing trashcan. to test it, we brought in the scott family. so what do you smell? beach house and you're looking out over the ocean. some place like, uh, hawaii in like a flower field. take your blindfolds off. aw man! [ screams ] [ laughs ] that smells good. i wouldn't even just put it
i want to thank william black of the university of missouri kansas city, steve ellis, taxpayers for common sense and phyllis bennis. how real is the threat of cyber war? that's next. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say...
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the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting them to a past or present crime. in spite of the violation, the program will continue. want to find out what my guests think we should know for the week coming up. heather? >> the president's state of the union obviously the austerity lobby to make sure he continues on the path to national decline. as fix the debt, which is one of the corporate front groups for austerity does a big press conference, you should know that 22 of the companies spent more on lobbying than in paying taxes. >> it's a good thing to know. there's interesting reporting of how they have played this key role in moving the convers
the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting...